Re: partisan tangos, again

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FYI -- This lyric mimics/parodies "Shpil Zhe Mir A Lidele  In Yidish"
(Text by I. Kotliar), -- performed by Mischa Alexandrovitch,
with it's refrain:  "Shpil, shpil, klezmerl, shpil..."

Wolf




Heiko Lehmann wrote:

> There is a tango called "Yidish Tango" on Aufwind´s 1996 CD "Avek di yunge
> yorn" ("Awek di junge jorn"); they listed the composition as "trad.", the
> lyricist as "anonymous". It´s probably not a "real" partisan tango, but it
> gets near:
>
> ...
> Shpil zhe mir a tango, nor nit arish,
> zol dos zayn nit arish, nit barbarish,
> az di sonim zoln zen, az ikh nokh tantsn ken
> un take a tentsele mit bren!
>
> Shpil zhe mir a tango oys fun sholem,
> zol dos zayn a sholem nit kayn kholem,
> az Hitler mit zayn raykh oy di kapore glaykh...
> Oy vet dos zayn a tentsele far aykh!
> ...
>
> Heiko.
>
> www.sukke.de
> www.sukke.de/Golus
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jenny Levison <jenny (at) tangomeydl(dot)com>
> An: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Oktober 2000 15:10
> Betreff: partisan tangos, again
>
> > Hi everyone -- just after I posted my request for partisan tangos, I got
> > mysteriously bumped off the list, so.... if anyone wrote anything back to
> > me, I have not been able to see it.  I am back on now, and will reprint my
> > request, and ask that anyone who responded do so again to me, off list.
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> >
> > First a little history, and then a question.
> >
> > Many  of you know that I have been working for years on a project of
> > collecting tangos with Yiddish lyrics.  To date I have collected over 150
> > such tangos, as well as dozens of Polish and Argentine instrumental tangos
> > written by Jewish composers.  I am writing (and soon performing) a
> musical,
> > dance and theatrical performance called Shtil, Mayn Corazon -- A Yiddish
> > Tango Cabaret, which will debut in Portland, Oregon on December 13th.  (My
> > website will be ready within the next couple of days, and I will post a
> > message when it is up and running.)
> >
> > Here's my question -- of all these songs I have found, including dozens of
> > ghetto tangos, I have not found any partisan tangos, and there is a part
> of
> > my plot that is just calling out for one.   Does anyone know of any?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jenny
> >
> > --
> > Jenny Levison
> > Producer and Artistic Director
> > Tango Meydl Productions
> > PO Box 12309
> > Portland, OR 97212
> > (503) 936-8264
> > www.tangomeydl.com
> >
> >
>

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